proper post turtle procedure?

So what is the proper post turtle procedure?

-This thread was inspired by Mitch's post, because I was not able to understand exactly what to do after going turtle and in what order.

T.I.A {thanks in advance}
-- Chris

Never had to do it... in theory IIRC you would move the weight of helmsman and crew to the stern of one of the hulls. You would try to force the rear under water, while the front would come up. Once the bows point up you will try to roll the thing to its side and begin righting in the traditional way. I do not think that this could be done solo. It only works with a well-sealed mast and about 300 lb of weight. I do not think that a water bag or a pole would do much good here.
One of the Hobie 14 guys told me that they used to turteled on purpose if they capsized in undesirable position (position towards wind) - just so that they could right the boat on the other side.

Patrick

Lots depends on the wind and wave conditions, the only time I turtled my 16 I took off my life jacket, dove down and tied it on the end of the mast. Then me and the crew just started rocking up and down on the one hull and slowly the mast came up. I then swam out got the life jacket and we then got the boat back on her feet. Took about 15 min. to get it done, and boy were we bushed after that. Had to sit on the beach and contemplate the bottom of my coors can for a while. -- Roy

Turtled...

As long as there is some wind... The sails act as a sea anchor and the hulls should drift down wind. Get on the lee hull and wait. As the hulls drift, the sails will cause the rig to tip the boat back to its side. As the weather hull lifts you get better drift.

Standing aft and pivoting, as described above, is certainly the way to go if the wind is light, but I have done it easily using the natural drift method. Works pretty quickly, but you HAVE to be on the lee side and the more you can lift the weather side the better to get it moving.

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Hobie Cat USA
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Thank you all again, you all have so much information and its all so usefull. This fourm is such a valueable resource, the people way high up at hobie should be proud to have Mr. Miller working for them and thankfull to have Hobie sailors so willing to share information kudos to all.

--Chris

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Mitch